Plaza de la Constitucion Santiago

Een mooie dag vandaag! Om 8 uur aan het ontbijt, daarna de stad in. De zon scheen en de temperatuur was aangenaam. Eerst aan de hand van de plattegrond die we van de receptie hadden gekregen langs de rivier en door een park naar het centrale plein Plaza de Armas gelopen, dat was nog een aardig eind. Santiago is een ruime en westers aandoende stad …

After an extended sleep at our hostel we went down stairs for the complimentary breakfast of toast tea/coffee, yoghurt, packaged cakes, chocolate biscuits and salt crackers.
We don't ask culinary questions, we just eat.

Today we leave for the walking tour of Santiago that takes approx 4 hours.
We met at the Plaza De Armas the …

... here are ugly, the women are beautiful but the men ugly! It was a fair point. We then headed to the Plaza de la Constitucion and Franco went over the history of the recent governments, problems with the USA and of course the Pinochet period. ...

... production of coins in Chile took place at the "Mint Palace" from 1814 to 1929. In 1930, a public square, named Plaza de la Constitución was built in front of the Mint Palace. Plaza de Armas ("Main Square") Most Latin America cities constructed by ...

... ; I must say that everyone we have met in Chile has been really friendly and helpful.  We walked into the Plaza de la Constitucion and looked over to the building.  It seemed quite modern and therefore plain in comparison to some other ...

... took in a whistlestop tour of Plaza de Armas, Catedral Metropolitana, El Congreso Nacional, Tribunales de Justicia and the Plaza de la Constitucion before a pit stop by Palacio de la Moneda. From there we followed Santiagos main artery, Alameda, to Cerro ...

... , qui semblait etre le meilleur musee de la ville mais il etait en travaux... J ai donc continue mon chemin jusqu a la "Plaza de la Constitucion" et le "Palacio de la Moneda" ou se trouvait le president Salvador Allende lors du coup d Etat. Puis a la ...

... at 6:30pm.  The whole loop took 2 hours if you did not get off.  The stops were: Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Constitucion, Providencia, Parque Arauco Mall, Sheraton Hotel, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mercado Central, Cerro Santa Lucia, El ...

... off - we eventually wake up properly after 9am and, after a quick breakfast, we set off to explore Santiago... We walk past the Plaza de la Constitucion and the main government buildings which are surprisingly bare and it feels a little like Ceaucescu's ...

... ist doch immerhin 870 meter hoch;-) dann ging es weiter Richtung City.Vorbei an wichtigen Plaetzen wie der Plaza de Armas, Plaza de la Constitucion und historischen Gebaeuden wie der tribunales de Justicia und dem Palacio de la Moneda, das bekannt ...

... c'est depuis le foyer des présidents du Chili. Le changement de garde se fait derrière l'édifice, à Plaza de la Constitucion, aux deux jours. Si vous êtes à Santiago, c'est un MUST !!! Y prennent çà ben au sérieux. Je vous ai pris une tonne ...

... of Gabriel González Videla it ceased to serve as a presidential residence. In 1930, in the front of the palace, Plaza de la Constitución or Constitution Square was built. President Salvador Allende   There was a large statute in the square of ...